Inferno (operating system)

Inferno
Inferno 4th Edition
DeveloperBell Labs, Vita Nuova Holdings
Written inC,[1] Limbo
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelOpen-source
Initial release1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Latest release4th Edition / March 28, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-28)
Repository
Available inEnglish
PlatformsARM, PA-RISC, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC, x86
Kernel typeVirtual machine (Dis)
License2021: MIT[2][3]
2005: Dual[a][4][5]
2003: Dual[b][6][7][8][9]
2000: Inferno[c][10]
Original: Proprietary
Preceded byPlan 9
Official websitewww.vitanuova.com/inferno/

Inferno is a distributed operating system started at Bell Labs and now developed and maintained by Vita Nuova Holdings as free software under the MIT License.[2][3] Inferno was based on the experience gained with Plan 9 from Bell Labs, and the further research of Bell Labs into operating systems, languages, on-the-fly compilers, graphics, security, networking and portability. The name of the operating system, many of its associated programs, and that of the current company, were inspired by Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. In Italian, Inferno means "hell", of which there are nine circles in Dante's Divine Comedy.

  1. ^ Dorward, Sean; Pike, Rob; Presotto, David Leo; Ritchie, Dennis M.; Trickey, Howard; Winterbottom, Phil (1997). "The Inferno Operating System". Inferno Documentation. Vita Nuova. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  2. ^ a b "Inferno Licence Terms". Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-06-17. MIT
  3. ^ a b "inferno-os — Bitbucket". Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ^ "Inferno Licence Terms". Archived from the original on 2005-08-11. Retrieved 2021-06-17. The Free Software Scheme" and "Commercial Developer Licence
  5. ^ "Vita Nuova Commercial Developer License - 9 November 2005". Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  6. ^ "Inferno Licence Terms". Archived from the original on 2003-10-26. Retrieved 2021-06-17. Vita Nuova Liberal Source Licence" and "Vita Nuova Commercial Developer Licence
  7. ^ "Vita Nuova Liberal Source License - 29 May 2003". Archived from the original on 2005-04-05. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  8. ^ "Vita Nuova Liberal Source License - 14 May 2003". Archived from the original on 2004-02-23. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  9. ^ "Vita Nuova Commercial Developer License - 22 April 2003". Archived from the original on 2004-06-25. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  10. ^ "Vita Nuova Inferno Subscription Licence". Archived from the original on 2000-12-08. Retrieved 2021-06-17.


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